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And more dangerous :scared:

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AT LAST!!!! someone who understands - bless you!!!! :rolleyes:

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Now Rooksie don't you go giving up your trip here over it! :D

You might live here for ages and never see a huntsman, all depends. And I'm sure there are those with a fear of them living here who have learnt to manage their fears.

Good luck, whatever you do :)

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yeah i know - im sure im not the only one - its just hard to explain - my youngest daughter found a woodlice in our house this morning and i had to hoover it up - could go near it!!!! i think its just creepy crawlies with lots of legs that freak me out!!!! :scared:

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I nearly died when I first saw a huntsman! And i didn't have the benefit of the internet and a forum like this then, and no-one had warned me. But I survived :D even though I left Brisane LOL

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what really got me was someone on this thread - though i cant remember who it is so long now!! said that their son was sleeping in top bunk and there was one right above him just inches from his face and he started to cry - that would break my heart if that happened to one of our girls - let alone to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :scared:

can you imagine..................!!!!!! whimper

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Can understand the concern but in reality it would be rare or else it would be on the news!

Check this out: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...9-1242,00.html

By the way, did you know that in Fiji the crabs (2-3x the size we are used to) come up from the beach and into your home in search of food?

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here here thats absolutley true, no rational to phobias that is why they are irrational. :cool:

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And that's that in a nutshell :D

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:p ;) :p

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:o :p sorry, slip of the finger

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Belfast, Northern Ireland: April 2.
I've just run downstairs to see why my cat Koshka is delightedly leaping about and purring so loud it sounds like someone revving a Harley and it turns out there's a spider in the bath. But... it's not just any spider either... it's BIG and hairy and ugly and my cat (whose nick name is 'the anti-christ') is cheerfully playing with it! Anyway, the reason for my post is this... I've noticed a strange phenomena with my cat. Since we arrived in Northern Ireland... wonder cat has decided he likes spiders. When at home in Australia, in his 14 years, Koshka would have NEVER gone near a spider. In Oz, the sight of a spider would send him running, howling and hissing in panic and he'd not be comforted for hours. He would have never approached one, certainly never played with one, torturing it happily, as he's doing now. I've tried to approach him to remove aforemention big hairy ugly beast and the cat's not having it; in fact he's hissing at me to back off. So... this is what I want to know... how does he know the spiders in this country cannot hurt him? They look the same; they act the same; they look just as nasty as Aussie spiders, but they can't kill him... so how does he know?


*** Have just learned that the Irish army regiments always wear shamrocks in their jackets on St. Patricks Day and that incongrously, all the shamrocks are imported from Australia. HA! Now I know what St. Patrick did with all the snakes!***

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Forget about the Funnel Web, the Redback and the Huntsman, What about the infamous 'Spit Spider' :scared: It spits a sack of venom aimed into the eye of the victim out of the shoot where the spider web comes out of.
Once the venom is in your eye its fatal, your eye turns red, becomes all bloodshot and tears of blood come out. You have 5 minutes to live before the venom flows to the brain. l always wear protective glasses when l clean out the shed or go anywhere these nasty little creatures could be hiding.

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Forget spiders and snakes, it's the bloody March Flies you have to worry about. They have a painful bite that will itch for days and they are "sticky" - an Aus phrase meaning you can't get rid of them. No matter how much you swat at these buggers they come back for more. They're not detered by buzz-off spray either. :mad:

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l agree , compared to flies and march flies in partlicular, l love spiders, l mean what harm do spiders ever do to humans, they sit in their little dark corners of the house spinning their webs, catching their little insescts, they never go after humans or attack humans, those that can bite only ever bite humans in self defence when humans try to kill them. Compare that to bloody
March flies that seek you out, fly after you, give you repeated nasty bites and suck your blood.